diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index 15b30980ad3d16d6f81c8393d0241cffca63a11f..d882b72ad3d0098f52a4e4eaf55fefd37a4f725c 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 708b98cf48d2ef12264bb611b8dcea5ff9defac9..d75a7620523ca3463914ef4794244f94a18256ff 100755
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 7.0 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 7.1 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index 32095e41ffd3c72cce9c4b746d226a88ab991985..b244c61aed5ef72c9834da2626791798e42b0049 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "7.0"
+#define VTM_VERSION "7.1"
 #endif